Drowned girl rescued after six days

September 13 2007

18:20

Military divers who saved the Chilean girl from the sea floor, still can not believe such a miracle. Fifteen-year Joan had fallen off a cliff and was able to hold out for six days in an underwater cave.

Normal walk with friends for the sake of beautiful pictures of neighborhoods of the city turned to Talkauano Hoany Cardenas Constanza challenge. Fifteen-year-girl stumbled and fell off a cliff into the sea.

In the search Hoany were thrown all forces connected even military divers. Only on the sixth day, the girl could be found. "It was the last day of searching, we have searched for just the body, what was my surprise when I saw her alive in the depths of the underwater caves" - says Sergeant Tomás Haramillo.

The sergeant could not believe such a miracle, and began questioning the girl, is it really it a few days ago, fell into the sea. "It confirmed and asked to drink" - recalls Thomas.

The most amazing thing that divers a few days earlier had already examined the cave, which is some 80 meters, but if Joan is not found, says the Chilean newspaper El Nuevo Diario.

Her mother said that she saw in a dream his daughter alive, she asked to find her. Hoany friend, Manuel, says that he heard cries from the ground, when with rescuers combed the surrounding rock. "At first I did not believe it, I thought that I only fancied, but then said that divers have seen in underwater caves," - he recalls.

Girl with signs of severe dehydration and hypothermia and minor injuries was taken to a local hospital. Now it feels good.

Meanwhile, a rescue operation Hoany of the cave was fraught with risk to life by divers, as a strong undercurrent creates eddies, which strikes with great force on the rocks.

Tomás Haram, which is all a hero nonetheless felt that the heroine of this one - it's Joan. . "Do not lose his presence of mind to survive in such extreme conditions and for an adult it would be problematic," - said the sergeant.